Tradition is a very powerful force.
John P. Kotter
Recitation: by Male by Female
I don't like the phrase 'face of the franchise.' I just want to be a part of it. I think we have a really good team. When we start winning games, it looks a lot better.
Jimmy Butler
GoodTeamWinningStartFaceBetter
I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try to identify political policies with religion.
Andrew Greeley
ReligionThinkAmericanPolitical
My daughter did this production of 'Romeo & Juliet' when she was younger, and this agent said she should work, and I said, 'You know what? I'd rather just have her go to school.'
John Ritter
WorkDaughterSchoolYouKnowSaid
I try to keep it real simple. I try not to add a lot of frosting on what I'm doing. Just take the swing and don't muscle the swing, because if you get in the hitting position and you take the swing, I generate a lot more bat speed, and that works for me.
Tony Gwynn
SimpleMeDoingSpeedYouSwing
My parents have been married 50-some years, and I've never heard them fight. I got the chance to attend great universities and medical school.
Tom Catena
GreatMedicalFightSchoolParents
When you're always onstage, you really have to focus on listening and reacting.
Jonathan Groff
FocusListeningYouAlwaysReally
Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation and active citizenship.
Don Tapscott
AgeDemocracyCapitalismCitizenship
I wrote a song called 'Here on Earth,' and the hook is, 'There's no answers here on earth.' Basically, searching for the 'why' when someone passes away, and I feel really fortunate that my dad lived as long as he did. But no matter what happens or how it happens, it's certainly a stinker.
Dierks Bentley
SongFeelSomeoneLongEarthWhy
I can draw pencil lines to show something is moving, but if I'm writing, I struggle with how to write it. The boy ran down the hallway? The boy ran quickly down the hallway? The boy ran down the marble hallway? I agonize over the words. So my editor works very hard. I'm lucky to have her.
Brian Selznick
StruggleWordsMovingWritingDown
Now, what happens whenever there's a loud sound is that it startles us, right? And we arrest what we're doing, and we try to localize that sound because that sound could be a threat. That's something that's hard-wired in our bodies.
Peter A. Levine
DoingNowTrySoundRightSomething
Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.
Pearl Bailey
HelpNobodyFirstSomethingWants
There is only so much chaos a nation can stand.
Richard Cohen
ChaosStandNationOnlyMuch
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